Bigotry Determined Webster’s New
World Dictionary defines “bigot” as “a person who holds blindly and
intolerantly to a particular creed, opinion, etc.” and “bigotry” as “the
behavior, attitude, or beliefs of a bigot.”

Police State Thomas Kachadurian’s column might get the facts right but misses the story.

Oppose The Shell Game Is this a
Shell Game? As a Democrat, I support increased taxes on motor fuels and
vehicles to provide funding for our transportation infrastructure.

Sugars On The Way Senator Patrick
Colbeck from Canton introduced a bill and the Senate passed it allowing
schools and Girl & Boy Scout troops to have up to 3 bake sales per
week.

FeaturesPatrick Sullivan
“We’re like every other couple. We met like other couples meet. We do the exact same things that other couples do,” Thomson said. “We’re not asking to be treated differently. We just want to be treated the same. We want to be treated like the majority of America.

Collaboration, economy, transportation big issues

Features
This was a pretty unique winter obviously. One thing we’ve noticed in the past 5-6 years is the seasonality has moderated a bit. As an example, at spring break people started to come up here. It used to be people would just leave. So Petoskey has moved in that year-round direction quite a bit.

Owners of the area’s restaurant groups have unique perspectives on eatery scene

DiningKaren Stein
We have three very unique experiences with our restaurants. The City Park Grill is housed in one of Petoskey’s oldest buildings and was frequented by Ernest Hemingway. It is known for our famous hot biscuits and a wide array of offerings including whitefish from John Cross Fisheries and our apple wood grilled steaks.

MusicKristi Kates
CM: When I was 14, I started playing guitar at local farmers markets and selling my CD. I also walked into The Perry Hotel to see if I could play their beautiful black grand piano for their fine dining room. This will be my fourth summer playing there. I love it; I get to play all sorts of music, and I love the people there.

FeaturesRoss Boissoneau
The Grand Rapids couple is based out of Duncan Bay Marina in Cheboygan, but they spend most of their summer anywhere and everywhere on the Great Lakes. They often visit ports along the eastern portion of Lake Huron and northern coastline of Lake Superior in Canada.

During the Memorial Day Parade in Petoskey, I noticed that Congressman Dan Benishek was walking with local veterans...

Letters to Jail

A
big thank you to Sheriff Ted Schendel of Benzie County for rescinding
the “Postcard Only” policy on May 23. This policy was initiated by the
sheriff on April 27th. At the urging of Benzie citizens, Schendel
reviewed the policy and then made a compassionate and legal decision...

In Defense of Our Climate

So
what’s going on in Washington? On May 22, the US House of
Representatives passed the McKinley Amendment to the National Defense
Authorization Act (the military budget), which would forbid the
Department of Defense to spend any money to implement the
recommendations of the National Climate Assessment, the most recent
report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and two other
climate reports when considering the national security impacts of
climate change...

Littering Never Okay

God made this world. He was here first and is still watching. He
loaned the world to us...

MusicKristi Kates
“I wrote ‘Seasons’ when I was at our house over the holidays,” Lang explained. “And I was remembering when I was little and my parents were splitting up, so there was a lot of juggling around. I’ve always had kind of a bad feeling around the holiday since then, so it’s about some of the things that can happen in a broken-era family.

My
wife’s elderly cousin had moved into a nice care home to spend his final
days. When I went to visit him, there was no television, and I asked
him why. “Don’t want one. It stresses me out”. Every time we visited
him, his door was open and he was out an about with his walker visiting
people instead of watching the tube...

My Peace Corps

I
have a different perspective from Frederik Stig-Nielsen on serving in
the Peace Corps. I volunteered in Niger, West Africa from 1980- 83 and
count it among life’s richest experiences...

Applauding Tolerance

I
loved the front cover of the May 14 paper. Of course, I am a little
partial as the man on the right is my son Andy, with his partner Joel.
Your article was eye-opening, chilling, and reassuring...

Emergency Shelter Fulfilling 2006 Plan

As
the Grand Traverse community has been discussing the issues of
emergency shelter and homelessness these last few months, a document has
surfaced from 2006 that spells out some of the challenges we face...

July is the kick-off for Northern Michigan’s parade season. Summer fairs and festivals, such as Alpenfest in Gaylord and the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, also feature parades.

FeaturesRoss Boissoneau
There’s no entry fee or official rules – heck, there’s not even an official sign-up, and its entries vary from year to year. Politicians, floats blasting music or water, a kazoo band, a lawnmower drill team, fire trucks and Jerry Decker of Decker’s Pumping Service, who throws rolls of toilet paper.